March 2000
[bolger] Re: Primers for latex Paints? (8 messages)
Wed Mar 01 2000
... From: Fritz Funk To: Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:09 PM Subject: [bolger] Primers for latex Paints? ... I m
[bolger] Re: Home made anchor (8 messages)
Wed Mar 01 2000
... found a picture of one: http://www.boatparts.net/anchors.htm This is what I was looking for! Didn t know it existed. Right price, right size... Thanks!
[bolger] Re: Yellow Leaf & Catfish (18 messages)
Wed Mar 01 2000
Matthew, Very nice boats - good work. And a nice web site. I am glad I got to see a Yellow Leaf canoe and a Catfish. The Yellow Leaf looks like it will fit
[bolger] Re: primers (1 message)
Wed Mar 01 2000
Okay - I found the West System test results A top score on their tests was a 5 and the following primers received a score of 5 in all catagories Kover - Stain
[bolger] Re: Canvas as sail material? (9 messages)
Wed Mar 01 2000
Jack, I ve made a couple of sails of polytarp last summer. Yes, it is sewable and tape able. I used double stick fiberglass reinforced carpet tape with good
[bolger] Re: Tyvek as sail material? (2 messages)
Wed Mar 01 2000
To David and all, The 2000 _Into The Wind_ catalog lists the price for Tyvek as $2.50 a yard for 1 to 12 yards and $2.25 a yard for 12+ yards, just as I
[bolger] Synthetic Shrouds (1 message)
Wed Mar 01 2000
Hi, Group -- Just ran across this URL: http://multihullboatbuilder.com/ Yale is coming out with an improved Spectra suitable for standing rigging. Worth
[bolger] Re: Convertible Cabin-top (11 messages)
Thu Mar 02 2000
The correct analogy is not between an open box and one with abutting flaps, but between a box with closed and joined flaps (i.e. able to take both compression
[bolger] Re: sorry Pippo!! (2 messages)
Thu Mar 02 2000
America s Cup? What s that stuff? Never heard about! ;-) Pippo P.S.: I thought the AC was supposed to be a competition between terrestrial crews, but this was
[bolger] Martha Jane balance lug draft -formulae? (6 messages)
Thu Mar 02 2000
Graham Cheers (MJ Shirley Valentine ) has been having sail problems. He s recut the mizzen to near-flat, a great improvement over the full cut originally
[bolger] Re: Micro warm-up/boatbuilder's "pass" (9 messages)
Thu Mar 02 2000
In many ways, yes. not boat related, but societal issue related which I guess comes back to boats eventually. There are always a few individuals that spoil it
[bolger] re;mast anxiety (1 message)
Fri Mar 03 2000
Hello, While I have only built two Bolger boats(Surf&Micro) and cannot possibly comment on other designs of his,it has been my experience that the dimensions
[bolger] Clever solution needed to tall skinny pro (1 message)
Fri Mar 03 2000
BO Dear Bolgerites, BO While everyone else is busy building boats, or modifying the ones they BO already built or designing new boats to build in the future, I
[bolger] Re: mast anxiety (1 message)
Fri Mar 03 2000
Francisco, I used pinus silvestris for mast and spars of our dinghy (Ian Oughtred design) which we did build 7 years ago. Glued and coated with epoxy (WEST)
[bolger] Re: World's greatest TABLE SAW you can build! (4 messages)
Fri Mar 03 2000
I think Chuck s URL should be corrected to: http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/merrellc1/index.html
[bolger] Re: here it is (was Mast anxiety: also thinking out loud) (4 messages)
Fri Mar 03 2000
Thanks Pippo, You saved me a lot of looking. This time I book marked the site. It was good to see my memory was right except for the guy s weight. Thanks
[bolger] Re: Plans for Storm Petrel? (12 messages)
Fri Mar 03 2000
I know the following is a long post, but it seems relevant to the recent discussions of the Storm Petrel and of rigs. I quote below from two messages I
[bolger] Double Eagle Catamaran and Whalewatcher (1 message)
Fri Mar 03 2000
Anyone building, built, or sailed either of these boats. Thanks, Lugrig captainlugrig@go.com
[bolger] Double Eagle- Whalewatcher (1 message)
Fri Mar 03 2000
Sorry wrong e-mail. captainlugrig@hotmail.com
[bolger] Re: Mast expense anxiety/birdsmouth masts (1 message)
Sat Mar 04 2000
Clyde, Greg Carlson has written a little program that calculates the stave size for these birdsmouth masts. I think it s in the vault? Greg, whrer are you? djb
[bolger] Micro sails, ETAL (1 message)
Sat Mar 04 2000
Hi David, I just pulled the sails out of the bag and hung them on the wash line to air out and have the following information; They were made be Taylor
[bolger] Re: Home made table saws (19 messages)
Sat Mar 04 2000
Chuck, Here are the plans, better late than never I suppose, david
[bolger] One-Handed Sailors & Rigs (1 message)
Sat Mar 04 2000
Did someone here recently send me email about EF Knight s short piece about rigging his boat for one handed sailing? (He lost an arm in the Boer War). If so,
[bolger] Re: Sharpie forefeet (1 message)
Sun Mar 05 2000
A little-remarked characteristic of the now nearly 20 year-old Light Schooner (Scooner) design is the bow barely out of the water and the strange manouevering
[bolger] Re: Leeboards - antifouling (6 messages)
Sun Mar 05 2000
Bill, would have asked this in the other message directed at you, but I had changed the subject to mast issues. Will using leeboards for parking brakes be a
[bolger] "Boats to build" (2 messages)
Sun Mar 05 2000
Hope this wont be construed as spam - it s more poetically than commercially intended. A friend just gave me a CD by Guy Clark called Boats to build. Here s
[bolger] sad day (1 message)
Sun Mar 05 2000
Someone is coming over to look at our little boat today, probably to buy. Probably I will never own such a cute little boat again, but it was too much work;
[bolger] Re: WDJ mast adjustment? (2 messages)
Sun Mar 05 2000
Jack, I shortened my masts only 12 inches because I shared your concerns about the effect of shortening on leverage and the sail plan. 12 inches has not
[bolger] single handed schooner progress (1 message)
Sun Mar 05 2000
The project is moving along very quickly. all the bulkheads but C are built and the temporary mold B is also built. This weekend was spent on the masts.
[bolger] light schooner/heavy weather (3 messages)
Sun Mar 05 2000
BO I would judge that when you are worried about the bow stuffing itself BO into the wave ahead, and the sternwave swallowing you up from behind, BO that it is
[bolger] ANOTHER Martha Jane collision (3 messages)
Sun Mar 05 2000
BO This is the SECOND collision my boat has experienced, and I don t even BO have it off the blocks yet. The first was when Mr. Sawdustforbrains BO backed his
[bolger] Re: Mast anxiety (table of wood properties) (44 messages)
Mon Mar 06 2000
... I found saving as html file and viewing in my browser made it easier to take in all the info. Might have to print landscape instead of portrait mode. djb
[bolger] hollow spars (1 message)
Mon Mar 06 2000
Jim michalak has a good article comparing hollow /solid and square / round spars. Very interesting. http://www.apci.net/~michalak/1feb00.htm -- SOME CLICKS
[bolger] wooden cleats, etc. (2 messages)
Mon Mar 06 2000
BO I don t know a thing about them, having only seen their advertisement BO in an Australian mag. They say all are hand made from Aussie and BO imported
[bolger] LS regattas (was modern Light Scooner) (1 message)
Mon Mar 06 2000
BO Perhaps some time in the future we could have the 1st Biannual Schooner Race BO with some cash prizes that would entice all the FS and LS s to get involved.
[bolger] Re: Need archive of Bolger messages (5 messages)
Tue Mar 07 2000
My vote is for putting the messages into the vault, at least for a week or two. alex
[bolger] Re: mj knockdowns - wind speed (3 messages)
Tue Mar 07 2000
Chucj, Do you mean to say that the E.U. is now providing Him wind specifications? Maybe they could do something with our tornados and hurricanes...;-} Gregg
[bolger] Re: durability in whitewater (19 messages)
Tue Mar 07 2000
Russ, Great work! Looks like a functional quick and dirty river canoe. I hope she takes good care of you. I couldn t get your page to work very well. Only one
[bolger] Gunter Lug/One Armed Sailors (1 message)
Tue Mar 07 2000
E.F. Knight sailed his boat with only one arm. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fassitt/knight/knight_rig.html It s also a good thing to look at if
[bolger] Re: Martha Jane knockdowns (4 messages)
Tue Mar 07 2000
Hello Guys From my analysis of this thread I d like to add a thought: The description of the last stages of the knockdown sound awfully like the effect of a
[bolger] Re: mj knockdowns: summing up so far (4 messages)
Tue Mar 07 2000
In a message dated 3/7/2000 6:49:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, ewhaile@hotmail.com writes:
[bolger] Re: mj knockdowns (7 messages)
Wed Mar 08 2000
Hi Steve, Obviously I ve been following with great interest the copious correspondence you ve inspired with your dunking activities, and I have been trying
[bolger] Re: MJ capsize (5 messages)
Wed Mar 08 2000
It is difficult for me to understand how a material of considerably less volume than the tanks could be jammed in them in such a way that it would never move.
[bolger] Re: Micro Navigator pilothouse (2 messages)
Wed Mar 08 2000
maybe you could use windsheilds back windows out of pickup trucks or a combo of side glass out of the same auto junkyards and back yards would be a start.
[bolger] Windows/Lexan/UV/Scratches & Sledgehammers (1 message)
Wed Mar 08 2000
Fellow Bolgerites, We recently purchased more marine glazing than I care to think about....here s the result of our pre-purchase research. I m too onery to
[bolger] Micro fans and lovers..... (1 message)
Thu Mar 09 2000
Hello Micrologist, For a look at some strange uses that a Micro can be subjected to,check out YTV,this Saturday at 5:30 pm(the Worst Witch series) as one
[bolger] Events (6 messages)
Fri Mar 10 2000
BO I know of the 2000 WoodenBoat Festival in Mystic Connecticut this year BO (June 23-25) because I subscribe, and I have gone to the wooden boat BO festival
[bolger] sorry. (1 message)
Fri Mar 10 2000
Before you all jump on me for my indescretion - I apologize for that last post. It was not intended to be a public post - I made a mistake in addressing it.
[bolger] Re: Steve - water ballast (trailering weights) (3 messages)
Fri Mar 10 2000
Steve: As to trailering (and I ve done lots more than I d like), I used to tow a 3000lb runabout 25 miles each way to Lake Norman (NC) with (sharp intake of
[bolger] Re: MJ 'Knock downs' (2 messages)
Fri Mar 10 2000
Well said, Bennett... I sent Steve a note off-group encouraging him to explore the handling of his boat before leaping to modify. I think the MJ s are
[bolger] Rainbow Skimmer (1 message)
Sat Mar 11 2000
Has anyone seen plans for the cat rigged scow, the Rainbow Skimmer? Even as a teenager I took pencil and paper down to the lake to write down the dimensions to
[bolger] Re: Teal - #13,14,15 Flipping the Teal! (16 messages)
Sat Mar 11 2000
DGO, Before you reorder epoxy, I was in TAP Plastics which I believe is a chain. They sell epoxy and the price was good. Anybody have experience with their
[bolger] UL Premium (1 message)
Sat Mar 11 2000
Dear Friends, There was a thread a couple of weks ago wherein PL Premium glue was discussed as an epoxy alternative. I bought a tube. Glue some ply to
[bolger] Re: Power for Martha Jane:J24 (4 messages)
Sat Mar 11 2000
the J24 will sail in just about any amount of wind and carry itself to windward very well. In areas where the motor is used in a narrow channel or when you
[bolger] Windsprint with a Polytarp Lateen Rig (1 message)
Sat Mar 11 2000
Bolgeradoes, Had my Windsprint out today for a few minutes. Tried my home made polytarp lateen rig sail. I didn t give if much of a test as it was raining and
[bolger] Re: sharpie stability/recovery (12 messages)
Sat Mar 11 2000
BO Another aspect of all this, namely high freeboard. I had long objected BO to high sided boats as being such for the sake of too much downstairs BO at the
[bolger] Re: mj, freedom of speach, and a panic button (2 messages)
Sun Mar 12 2000
Date sent: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 22:54:12 -0800 From: alex To: bolger@eGroups.com Send reply to:
[bolger] Re: FS vs. LS (was modern Light Scooner) (30 messages)
Sun Mar 12 2000
BO BO The folding schooner is suppose to be faster than the light schooner. BO BO BO Chuck C. BO BO Actually, I d debate that. In terms of hull
[bolger] Re: FS vs. LS, FS folded and withdrew (3 messages)
Sun Mar 12 2000
BO put my money on the FS in medium (non-planing) air, LS in light air (sail BO area vs. displacement), but the really interesting one would be HEAVY air.
[bolger] Re: mj knockdowns/hydrogen jukebox (38 messages)
Sun Mar 12 2000
Yes Chris, excellent idea. Hydrogen is cheap and readily accessible to anyone. We could put the floatation tanks right next to the propane tank and the
[bolger] mast design/boat design/purpose/Bolger J24? (16 messages)
Sun Mar 12 2000
well said: All boats have a purpose behind their design and are usually the result of a number of compromises made to accomplish the goal. The Cape Cod
[bolger] Re: simple design, symmetry (11 messages)
Sun Mar 12 2000
c. o donnell wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=3646 ... If there isn t too MUCH crew weight. Height
[bolger] Re: Re: (1 message)
Sun Mar 12 2000
Bill: Check Jim Michalak s Way Back Archives : http://marina.fortunecity.com/breakwater/274/michalak/alphabetical.htm Look under: Water Ballast, or Water,
[bolger] LS wins even when she doesn't... (2 messages)
Mon Mar 13 2000
BO FT2 was 10 minutes behind the leader and 4th over the line, 6th on handicap (hiss boo) in her division, in which 53 of the 64 participants did not finish.
[bolger] Re: Re: (1 message)
Mon Mar 13 2000
Thanks Chuck, Jim M s discussion of water ballast has straightened me out, at least until just enough knowledge to be dangerous, seeps in again. Clyde
[bolger] Re: Help! Which design...? (9 messages)
Mon Mar 13 2000
BO From the Beth plan thumbnails she looks a lot like a sharpie... At any BO rate, having a 2 8 beam on 15 9 hull does not sound very stable. And BO how did
[bolger] Re: MJ turtling (2 messages)
Mon Mar 13 2000
Hi Gary - The adjustable parrell is a line that runs up to the spar - and has an adjustable loop at the end - ( the line run back thru another loop) so that
[bolger] Re: Removing epoxy-entombed screws (6 messages)
Mon Mar 13 2000
... John s right. If it doesn t affect appearance, forget about it. Chris Crandall crandall@ukans.edu (785) 864-4131 Department of Psychology
[bolger] Re: Bolger traditional catboats/Spartina (1 message)
Mon Mar 13 2000
BO Matthew, BO Here are some of the traditional catboats that Phil Bolger has BO designed. BO Catboats: BO #7 (#530) Charlie s
[bolger] Re: windows for pilot house (24 messages)
Tue Mar 14 2000
Thanks for the tips, Larry. the polish (liquid auto wax) is a good idea. Good news, the window problem is two thirds solved. My buddy gave me two louvered VW
[bolger] Re: bolgerish J24/catamaran (18 messages)
Tue Mar 14 2000
The design competion that the Tiki 21 won was in 1982 for the best Cruising World Trailerable Gunkholer. The heaviest part of the boat is the hulls at 175
[bolger] Re: Another Rig, of sorts (3 messages)
Tue Mar 14 2000
... They seemed to have a line to the top of that gaff too, but it seemed slack in the drawing. It s sometimes hard to know in artwork how much artistic
[bolger] Re: Tapering mast (8 messages)
Tue Mar 14 2000
... I do not know. I know that the process is a *lot* more pleasant and controllable.
[bolger] Re: material for home made sails (2 messages)
Tue Mar 14 2000
peter... I can not say anything about ultra sail( because I have never dealt with them) but I can tell you about Polysail. I have a polysail sail on my bobcat
[bolger] Re: Michalak articles on water ballast (6 messages)
Tue Mar 14 2000
Hi Peter, Quite right. I was only trying to make half a point. The whole point is whereas multihulls capsize and leadkeelers sink, WB types in theory have no
[bolger] hul file (1 message)
Tue Mar 14 2000
uploaded 10 foot scow hul file in hul directory in vault. For what it s worth. Meant to do okay with 500 lbs. displacement (two large people and cheap heavy
[bolger] Re: Stability/Knockdown Study Bolger Hulls -PRIVATE POSTINGS (1 message)
Wed Mar 15 2000
The shape of the hull and self righting ability don t have much effect on each other. As long as the center of gravity/mass has a decent lever arm over the
[bolger] Re: tex-okla-ark messabout (2 messages)
Wed Mar 15 2000
I second the motion. ... From: Chuck Leinweber To: bolger@egroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 12:53 PM Subject: [bolger] tex-okla-ark messabout Gregg et
[bolger] re: bolgerish J24 (1 message)
Thu Mar 16 2000
If you can t go the catamaran route, and you want really good windward performance, then I would really suggest a sloop, and perhaps an un-Bolger boat. What
[bolger] Re: Gudgeon & Pintle for Nymph (7 messages)
Thu Mar 16 2000
Hi, I just bought a nice set of stainless steel gudgeons and pintles from Glenn-L marine for $24.00 James ... From: John Bell To:
[bolger] Re: Stability/Knockdown Study Bolger Hulls (2 messages)
Thu Mar 16 2000
In a message dated 3/16/2000 8:42:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, KF4call@aol.com writes: Warren - I thought that
[bolger] Re: Stability/Knockdown Study Bolger Hulls - PRIVATE POSTINGS (22 messages)
Thu Mar 16 2000
Yes, it would. In a 470, in some conditions, you sit together to follow the waves or spread apart to dampen the pitching motion. Gregg Carlson
[bolger] Re: SV: A slightly smaller Chebacco? (1 message)
Fri Mar 17 2000
What about Long Micro? 19 ft long and no need for change of original plans. Bjorn in Oslo (yessir, the fjord is still frozen...) ... Click here for Free
[bolger] Re: Water ballast--- (4 messages)
Fri Mar 17 2000
Hi John - I wonder how much solid ballast a martha jane will float without foam. I did put a bunch of foam in - temporarily - as I await the response from
[bolger] Proa(s) (1 message)
Sat Mar 18 2000
In the Vault in a folder called Proa are some JPG files. Very small. The one beginning JCH is a shop shot of John Harris 20-footer. The three beginning
[bolger] Re: WBP okume (2 messages)
Sat Mar 18 2000
Hi Francisco it seems your plywood is pretty much the same of mine, except of the size which in my case is 1.53x3.10 m^2 (5 x10 ). The stuff is almost
[bolger] PCB&F in messing about in boats (1 message)
Sat Mar 18 2000
Phil, Presented a very niece daloog aobot hauling heavy boats whit marginaly cars. Using marginaly towing vehicles. I use a very simular system with a front
[bolger] Re: I may be going to Italy - Sail boats for rent? (2 messages)
Sat Mar 18 2000
Hi Chuck good news! Looking at the performance of the Euro w.r.t. to the Dollar, I imagine that half of the US citizens will show up in Europe... I m located
[bolger] Re: re;a smaller Chebacco? (3 messages)
Sat Mar 18 2000
Glen, it is obvious that the overwhelming advice from this list is don t mess with the dimensions . I agree. Delightful liberties may be taken with finishing
[bolger] Re: A slightly smaller Chebacco? (8 messages)
Sun Mar 19 2000
Glen, build a Hartley TS18 (non Bolger) then. I have a Hartley TS16 and somebody commented the other day that in essence it is a smaller version of a Chebacco.
[bolger] Re: external chine logs, vinyl ester etc (1 message)
Sun Mar 19 2000
BO Peter has dismissed the chine log thing, so I will address vinyl ester as an BO alternate sealer for plywood. My experience is that epoxy makes a poor
[bolger] Re: Beer-Fueled speculation (68 messages)
Sun Mar 19 2000
BO I think they should change the rules again, and require boats of square BO cross section built from plywood. No! If it s restricted to Square Boats, the LS
[bolger] Re: Beer-Filled speculation (1 message)
Sun Mar 19 2000
BO Mr.Fatchen has done well by his 12 sheets of BO plywood. BO -Tim B. BO I suspect Mr. Fatchen could have accomplished BO 2 of the three in an
[bolger] Vertical VS Flared sides (2 messages)
Sun Mar 19 2000
In a boat of 14 size, what are the comparitave advangages / disadvantages of vertical sides vs flared sides.
[bolger] Re: The Fifth Flight of Landroval (6 messages)
Mon Mar 20 2000
In a message dated 3/20/2000 8:58:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, Teakdeck@aol.com writes:
[bolger] Re: Beer-Fueled GMT (4 messages)
Mon Mar 20 2000
BO GMT & a day ahead of the US (hey, got to give us =some= BO advantages) BO BO Ok, if that s so, can you tell me what it says is the biggest gainer in
[bolger] Re: Been-there Fooled-that (1 message)
Mon Mar 20 2000
BO Some of the criteria: BO - must be beachable BO MIke Masten bear in mind Micro is almost beachable, too (you can moor her to a beach,
[bolger] Storm Petrel story (1 message)
Mon Mar 20 2000
Following up on my post in the Heavy Weather Boats thread, I have added Marc Lander s sail sketch and the message contaning the story below to the Storm
[bolger] Re: Glen-L Sweet Caroline (non-Bolger) (18 messages)
Mon Mar 20 2000
In a message dated 3/20/00 5:40:04 PM Central Standard Time, dhodges@worldnet.att.net writes: Don - glad
[bolger] Re: Hartley TS 16 (3 messages)
Tue Mar 21 2000
Chuck do a search for Hartley TS16 on the web. The Australian Hartley TS16 Association has a lot of pictures of them. a Picture of mine used to be on the web
[bolger] Micro Cruising Speed (3 messages)
Tue Mar 21 2000
Dear Group, Does anyone have bona fide data on average speed for short coastal passages in a Micro. Thanks Jeff Gilbert.
[bolger] re;thinking MICRO etc.... (1 message)
Tue Mar 21 2000
Hello fellow Micrologists, It is so good to hear a few builders contemplating(if not actually biting the bullet!) and going ahead with a MICRO!!!Done well,this
[bolger] OpSail 2000 (1 message)
Tue Mar 21 2000
OpSail 2000 is a parade of tall ships going from Porto Rico to Boston Mass. They will be traveling though some pretty protected waters, as they visit a large
[bolger] Thanks Micrologists... (1 message)
Tue Mar 21 2000
Thank you for all you input on the Micro. Yesterday I purchased the plans for the Micro and with any luck I will start this spring. I know spring has sprung
[bolger] Re: Dovekie - explained (4 messages)
Tue Mar 21 2000
Per Webster s New Collegiate Dictionary Dove.kie - (I can t reproduce the pronunciation symbols but it is more or less duv key ) noun [diminuative of Dove] a
[bolger] Re: Construction started! And marine plywood (3 messages)
Tue Mar 21 2000
... I got surprised days ago by a guy from Barcelona that sent me an e-mail. Hi is from this list, and has Micro plans from CSD. He doesn t have time to build
[bolger] Nautical Quarterly Bolger Article from 1983 (1 message)
Tue Mar 21 2000
All, Before I headed out of Portland, OR for the paper mills down the Williamette valley, I stopped at Powell s Books to look around. For those who have not
[bolger] Cruising Rowboat (1 message)
Wed Mar 22 2000
Dear Fellow Bolger Boat Owners/Builders/WannabeOwners/-Builders, Members, Nonmembers, Hangouts and Prospects of MOA, MOAB, KGB and whatever, There is a very
[bolger] Re: Martha Jane trailer weight (6 messages)
Wed Mar 22 2000
In a message dated 3/22/2000 1:00:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, ewhaile@hotmail.com writes: I guess having
[bolger] Fw: Defender Warehouse Sale (1 message)
Wed Mar 22 2000
Please forgive me if you see this as spam; Defender is a favorite of mine and I thought their sale info might be of interest... Don Hodges
[bolger] Re: MICRO NAVIGATOR/TUG (2 messages)
Wed Mar 22 2000
Peter, Muffin says thanks. ;-) Stan SG
[bolger] Re: A slightly smaller Chebacco (3 messages)
Wed Mar 22 2000
I live in San Ramon, in the east bay, near Pleasenton. Good luck with the FS!!! Glen CPCorreia@aol.com on 03/22/2000 11:20:02 AM Please respond to
[bolger] Re: SV: Cruising Rowboat (actually about WDJ II) (1 message)
Wed Mar 22 2000
... Jack, I m afraid not. Your impression is a side-effect of the norwenglish tendency of confusion the message. What I do mean is exactly what you suggest as
[bolger] Re: Poplar wood question (4 messages)
Wed Mar 22 2000
Wire a tin can to each axle so it just clears the ground. When a tire goes down it starts to make a noise. Gordon W5RED G. C. Couger gcouger@couger.com
Re: [bolger] wyoming (8 messages)
Wed Mar 22 2000
Hank: I built a Tennessee and enjoyed it very much. I do not know of any Wyomings in the states, but there is at least one in Oz. Here is the URL:
[bolger] Re: Bass as spar materiel (4 messages)
Wed Mar 22 2000
If you are going to use unusual wood for spar material, remember that strength goes as the cube of the diameter, and stiffness as the fourth power. A small
[bolger] Non-Bolger - Sweet Caroline Progress Report (1 message)
Wed Mar 22 2000
Finished the frame today (pictures for the web tomorrow night, Chuck). Also Carnell-butt-scarfed two 4x16 panels for the front 16 feet of side planking. The
[bolger] Re: Regarding MDO Plywood (5 messages)
Thu Mar 23 2000
... I ve read a lot of conflicting information on this point, but have no experience yet. With a boat like Micro, all the joinery is backed up with fastenings.
[bolger] Re: Cruising Rowboat (actually about WDJ II) (2 messages)
Thu Mar 23 2000
Jack, I think I ought to add something to my last posting: The rudder assembly is NOT finished. I just had to rush down to my shop in the cellar to take a
[bolger] Re: vault (1 message)
Thu Mar 23 2000
The vault is the place on the Bolger egroup to place (store) pics to direct others to see. Posts below are off-topic, deleted. Gregg Carlson moderator
[bolger] Re: What brand and where thin kerf blade? (3 messages)
Thu Mar 23 2000
... You should buy the Matsushita blades that Dave Carnell imports and sells. They get great reviews, including from Mac MacCarty, the strip-planked Wee Lassie
[bolger] Fw: Bolger owners in New Zealand? (1 message)
Thu Mar 23 2000
Anybody in NZ like to reply to Joan Fitzhugh (Chebacco owner/builder)? Her email address is joancarol@aol.com ... From: Joancarol@aol.com
[bolger] Re: RE:Epoxy Regarding MDO Plywood (3 messages)
Thu Mar 23 2000
I m away from the label right now, I ll look tomorrow... I buy it from a small (non-chain) chandlery here in Panama City, FL. He doesn t stock much, but
[bolger] Progress Photos on the Web - Sweet Caroline (1 message)
Thu Mar 23 2000
Here s the URL: www.ecoastlife.com/buildingsc.htm The epoxy was not totally set, so I looked at my options and chose the 12 foot skiff. Tuned up the sail
[bolger] Into the deep blue (27 messages)
Thu Mar 23 2000
BO I also wonder if the AS29 (it s in the real cruiser section, isn t BO it?) is up to the task. It doesn t look like a cheap boat, but it BO does look like a
[bolger] Re: Tex-Ark-Ok messabout (4 messages)
Thu Mar 23 2000
The weekend of May 6th. Cedar Mills Marina & Resort, 500 Harbour View Road, Gordonville, Texas 76245, phone 903-523-4222, fax 903-523-4077, www.cedarmills.com
[bolger] Super Brick PS (1 message)
Fri Mar 24 2000
As a PS to my first message on the Super Brick I have uploaded some messages to the vault. Enjoy :) Michael Surface (you can t sink if you are on the surface
[bolger] Re: Frozen North Stuff Too Good To Pass U (2 messages)
Fri Mar 24 2000
BO Does anyone have any sports that sound promising for a day with a hard, BO cold rain? - Peter in Wet Connecticut. Yes, but I wouldn t have thought they were
[bolger] Re: small square boat (42 messages)
Fri Mar 24 2000
BO I can t understand your insistence on a square section. Building a boat on t BO Of course, if you want a square boat so you can be part the
[bolger] Marine ply for weight saving (5 messages)
Fri Mar 24 2000
BO I admire June BO Bug, but if I built one I would do it with light marine ply so I could BO cartop it easily, and therefore fancier, to justify the ply,
[bolger] Re: Marine ply--the money mind boggles (5 messages)
Sat Mar 25 2000
BO BO OTOH, when I finally get the brick built, I bet it ll be out of Pacific BO BO maple at 50% more weight and 1/3 the price. BO BO BO If it was only
[bolger] Red face and exchange rates (1 message)
Sat Mar 25 2000
Oops... Sorry David, I completely misread your post to imply that ply was cheap here...sorrysorrysorry Anyway, using a Big Mac as the exchange counterpoint is
[bolger] Re: Clear Cote Epoxy (1 message)
Sat Mar 25 2000
The label just says: Clear Cote, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL May be a product of Fiberglass Coatings, St. Pete? Don Hodges dhodges@worldnet.att.net
[bolger] Micro money saving stuff . . . (1 message)
Sun Mar 26 2000
Hey guys, cool group, I just came across it. Some stuff I did that is cheaper than the plans . . . Why use lead? The objective is to lower the CG of the
[bolger] Re: lead plate/micro keel (2 messages)
Sun Mar 26 2000
snip... ... CORRECT! I found several businesses in Miami, FL that will be happy to sell flat lead plate in the correct thickness for an Oldshoe keel, 1 1/2
[bolger] hissy fit (1 message)
Sun Mar 26 2000
BO 10. 1/4 inch Luan(sp) plywood is 19 bucks a sheet at Home Depot here in Oly, BO Wa. Hiss, boo....sob... Tim & FT2 not yet started on SHoebox or JB
[bolger] Boat trailer built from wood? (19 messages)
Sun Mar 26 2000
BO I am considering building a boat trailer from wood using a standard 60 BO 2000-lb. capacity axle kit. Has anyone built or know of anyone who BO has built
[bolger] More hissy fits... (1 message)
Sun Mar 26 2000
BO 10. 1/4 inch Luan(sp) plywood is 19 bucks a sheet at Home Depot here in Ol BO Wa. BO BO bummer, it s less than $10 here in OK. How much is AC fir in
[bolger] Re: Box keels (3 messages)
Sun Mar 26 2000
In a message dated 3/26/00 9:04:04 AM Central Standard Time, dan.pike@hotbot.com writes:
[bolger] Re: small square boat transportation (35 messages)
Sun Mar 26 2000
BO Surprised you didn t just type in www.saturn etc. as it would have BO answered your question faster. Weeellll....ever increasing multitudes on the net ask
[bolger] modifying plans (3 messages)
Sun Mar 26 2000
BO It seems the surest way to garner mockery on this list is to propose BO changes to our sacred texts, i.e. PCB s PLANS. Sigh...once more then I m going
[bolger] Re: Boat production up in 1999 (2 messages)
Sun Mar 26 2000
And this is just the manufactures not counting all the home build boats! Michael Surface ... ______________________________________________________
[bolger] Re: drying mast timer/old violins (14 messages)
Sun Mar 26 2000
Whilst scientific studies can show changes in cell structure due to immersion they can not prove that this causes the sound to be better. The only one could
[bolger] Re: Where should I put these? (6 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2000
BO How about we put them in the vault for a month. This thing has been going BO since, what July 1999 and we haven t filled the vault yet. Not the point.
[bolger] Blue-water bushmen (1 message)
Mon Mar 27 2000
BO Bluewater Bushmen ? - How about sharing author s name, publisher, etc. BO Sounds like great armchair sailing. Stannard, Bruce (1981). The blue-water
[bolger] Re: Bandwidth (1 message)
Mon Mar 27 2000
BO Think about bandwidth BO limits. B BO Please explain. Most of the world outside the US does not yet have superfast digital lines capable of
[bolger] Re: BWAOM Cover (2 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2000
The boat picture in the upper left corner of Boats with an Open Mind is a Jessie Cooper build by Chuck Merrell of this e-group and called Tomboy. The Jessie
[bolger] Re: Micro artist's view (2 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2000
Nice drawing! Makes you want to run out an start building. Make yourself a copy paste it on the wall of your work area to keep you motivated! Michael Surface
[bolger] Re: Question on circular blades (4 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2000
sorry..... try this and see if it works... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/browse/-/hi/282134/102-6828109-5 720819 Chris Flynn Flynn Folly _/)
[bolger] Re: Brick meets Superbrick (6 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2000
... I live in Fort Wayne. I plan to start on my first boat this summer. Michael Surface ______________________________________________________
[bolger] Re: Lessons in Sharpie Design- (3 messages)
Mon Mar 27 2000
... You are right there the VRML goes way beyond the wire frame. ______________________________________________________
[bolger] Light Schooner sighted (2 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2000
BO Tim: BO You may be interested in this. I spotted a light schooner in Annapolis BO harbor that has a cuddy cabin that very closly matched the model in the
[bolger] Re: MJ - Weight & tailer (3 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2000
John - I weighed my boat and a concrete re-cycling depot, located two blocks from a public launch ramp. Weighed the truck, trailer and boat then launched the
[bolger] Re: Poplar as building wood (14 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2000
... Ouch, my back! No planing boats for me, thank you. I m trying to get Bolger to work up SBJ #9 into a real design, but not getting too lucky. Chris
[bolger] Re: MJ - weight & trailer (1 message)
Tue Mar 28 2000
To All --- While sitting in the barbershop today I found this in Boating (Jan 2000) ina special advertising section---------- Bunks are recommended long term
[bolger] Re: Magellan Challenge (was Brick meets Superbrick) (1 message)
Tue Mar 28 2000
re: http://www.magellanchallenge.com/ Michael, with 175 gals of fuel on board I dont think your weight would matter. And you d get disqualified for sailing.
[bolger] Fwd: From devlinboat.com (1 message)
Tue Mar 28 2000
I don t know if any of you got this - but it looks interesting - check out the web page for this new magazine - looks like a new small boat journal~! Steve
[bolger] Re: Sales Tax on Material - Oops forgot (8 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2000
BO On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Peter Vanderwaart wrote: BO Certainly the original point of the thread is valid, which is that any BO sales tax you pay on the
[bolger] Re: boat show time (7 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2000
BO familiar with all of these. I think Bolger has a real Whitehall in what BO I thought was plywood lapstrake in his latest book, but I guess that s BO not
[bolger] Re: Poor resale on chlorox... (1 message)
Tue Mar 28 2000
BO It s the used fg boats that are so cheap. After all, clorox bottles BO don t rot, so the supply is large. BO DGO So, a new fg boat is approaching as bad an
[bolger] Re: MOA......why? (5 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2000
Date sent: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 00:57:27 -0800 From: Giuseppe Pippo Bianco To: bolger@eGroups.com Send reply
[bolger] Re: Check out Red Sky At Night Marine Book Catalogue - BOAT DESIGN - Part of Red (2 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2000
Nice site! I had a little trouble getting it the URL is http://www.redskyatnight.com/design.html Michael Surface ...
[bolger] Re: Really Small Boats (13 messages)
Tue Mar 28 2000
In a message dated 00-03-28 22:07:33 EST, you write: Carter, It is generally
[bolger] Re: Magellan Challenge (was Brick meets Superbrick) (1 message)
Wed Mar 29 2000
... I think that 250 lbs is still a lot of weight! The greater the weight the the more energy required, that is one reason that small cars get better gas
[bolger] Re: My posts (2 messages)
Wed Mar 29 2000
Sakari, if I send a message to bolger@eGroups.com, it wont go. If I send it to bolger@egroups.com ,its OK. This could be your trouble (or vice versa) Try both
[bolger] Re: slow web pages (12 messages)
Wed Mar 29 2000
My web page is also on xoom at http://members.xoom.com/vandep and I have found it to be intermitantly slow and/or unresponding. eGroups too. You can t expect
[bolger] Re: MOA, Please respond (8 messages)
Thu Mar 30 2000
Hello Stan, Sorry for not getting on sooner but have been away for awhile........ Sincerely, Peter Lenihan,luxuriating in the ever warmer breezes of a most
[bolger] Re: Lofting software (4 messages)
Thu Mar 30 2000
Thanks!! James Fuller ... From: GHC To: Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 9:39 AM Subject: [bolger] Re: Lofting
[bolger] Re: More on small boats (3 messages)
Thu Mar 30 2000
Payson has a version for a motor. My foam wonder brick has a cutout and motor mount in the stern and the Honda 2 does about 5kts with my weight in bow and lots
[bolger] Re: SV: WDJ supplemental ballast (2 messages)
Thu Mar 30 2000
Bjorn and Steve, I don t know what Bolger would have said if he had known I was 285 lbs.. light on ballast; but I would have been less likely to comment on
[bolger] Oink in the Vault (1 message)
Fri Mar 31 2000
Thanks to Paul van der Merwe deep in the south of NZ who scanned my photos, there are some pics of Micro Oink in the Vault. Sorry, no sailing
[bolger] Re: Boat Show Time (12 messages)
Fri Mar 31 2000
BO I can t imagine anyone saying that NEW sailboats are cheap. Just a few BO examples: BO Beneteau Oceanis 36-126K USD Sailaway (means loaded, incl. genset,
[bolger] words of wisdom from a famous home boat builder (1 message)
Fri Mar 31 2000
...from Noah (1) Don t miss the boat. (2) Don t forget we re all in the same boat. (3) Plan ahead- it wasn t raining when Noah built the ark. (4)
[bolger] Ro (1 message)
Fri Mar 31 2000
The ro is the Japanese version of a yuloh. Going thru a book from 1882 there was a nice engraving of the coast of Japan. Too big to post but here is a detail